I know many people who are aware of the importance of #FreedomRespecting software, data, and culture - and the related issues of digital sovereignty and privacy.
Paradoxically, a lot of these people also participate in, or even maintain, communities hosted on #nonfree / #proprietary / #restricted or #centralized platforms like #Telegram, #Discord, #WhatsApp, #Signal, #Instagram, #Facebook, #Twitter, #LinkedIn, #Bluesky, #GitHub, and others.
To state the obvious, each community which chooses a proprietary platform - or bridges to it - is also giving another reason for others to be on that platform. It’s reinforcing network effect.
Conversely, if these communities chose to move to free platforms, their members would be forced to move as well. In other words, these communities have the opportunity to push for change on a massive scale.
Sure, you have to reach out to people on proprietary platforms, if that’s where the majority are. But you cannot be stopping there - you must have a strategy to move people away from proprietary platforms to free platforms.
To give the example of #OpenStreetMap -
- I announce events on free platforms sooner
- I remind people on proprietary platforms that they should join the free platforms to get notified earlier
- After each event, we invite people to our #XMPP channel, which is not bridged to any other platform.
- All organizational talk takes place on our XMPP channel, which is not bridged to any other platform.
- I minimize my participation on proprietary platforms, and communities which bridge to them. The bulk of my activity happens on free platforms.
- I have never submitted data to Mapillary or KartaView, because their clients and servers are proprietary. All my contributions go to #WikimediaCommons and #Panoramax.
So to these spineless people who are choosing and effectively promoting proprietary platforms, I ask…
How do you think things are going to change, if everyone keeps choosing what is easiest for them, and keeps choosing, supporting, and promoting proprietary platforms?
What part are you playing in making things better? Or are you just going to go with the flow of the world, even if you know it to be wrong?
They don’t like answering these questions.
Instead, I invite them to find the integrity and courage to answer them.
Or, to find the integrity and courage to make the obvious change and do the obvious right thing.
People hate it when I bring this up. Sorry, but my conscience dictates that I speak up for what is right. Silence is complicity, and it gets us nowhere.
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トランプ氏、マイクロソフトに幹部解任を要求 前政権高官 | ロイター
９月２６日、トランプ米大統領は米マイクロソフトに対し、同社の国際渉外担当トップのリサ・モナコ氏を解雇すべきだと述べた。写真はマイクロソフトのロゴ。２０１５年７月、ニューヨークのオフィスで撮影（２０２５年 ロイター/Mike Segar）WALKNEWS (WALK NEWS)
🇩🇪 gibt eine Reisewarnung.
Versteht ihr das?
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Reisewarnung für Griechenland: Schluss mit luftig für Roller- und Motorradfahrer!
Helmpflicht und Promillegrenze – in Griechenland bisher oft ignoriert. Jetzt greifen die Behörden sehr streng durch, und sogar das Auswärtige Amt warnt Touristen.Holger Wittich (MOTORRAD)
In Danimarca sono stati avvistati altri droni non identificati - Il Post
https://www.ilpost.it/2025/09/27/danimarca-droni-basi-militari/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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In Danimarca sono stati avvistati altri droni non identificati
Stavolta hanno sorvolato alcune importanti basi militari nel centro del paeseIl Post
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Bund plant schärfere Regeln gegen illegale Drohnenflüge
Die Bundesregierung plant schärfere Regeln im Kampf gegen Spionage und Sabotage durch illegale Drohnen. Auch durch neue Befugnisse für die Bundeswehr.
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#Bundeswehr #Drohnen #Journal #news
Salida desde el #Hackmeeting2025 en la #CSOKikeMur en #Zaragoza
Denuncia de la estafa de los centros de datos, de las zonas de sacrificio, de las mentiras de creación de empleo, de los costes energéticos y medioambientales... #Aragoff
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Douro Verde, Northern Portugal, September 2025, II.
#photography #nature #naturephotography #sunset #goldenhour #goldenhourphotos #mountains #vineyards #harvestseason
Bonus elettrodomestici 2025, il decreto in Gazzetta. Valore, domande e requisiti per il voucher
https://www.repubblica.it/economia/diritti-e-consumi/diritti-consumatori/2025/09/27/news/bonus_elettrodomestici_2025_decreto_domanda_requisiti-424874445/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Bonus elettrodomestici 2025, il decreto in Gazzetta. Valore, domande e requisiti per il voucher
Pubblicato il testo di Mimit e Mef, ma mancano ancora i decreti per definire tempistiche per la domanda e durata. Il contributo vale il 30% del prezzo, fino a …a cura della redazione Economia (la Repubblica)
Guerra Ucraina, Russia lancia attacco con 115 droni
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8QbeaNFrvI&utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Pubblicato su VIDEO @video-SkyTG24
Guerra Ucraina, Russia lancia attacco con 115 droni
Nel corso della notte l’esercito russo ha lanciato 115 droni contro il territorio ucraino. Le difese aeree ucraine sono riuscite a neutralizzare 97 velivoli ...YouTube
Una persona sempre tranquilla e cordiale, con la quale avevo scambiato qualche parola il giorno prima e che non sembrava preda di ansia.
È stato un evento scioccante, che ancora non riesco a capire
#gutenachrichten am #gutenachrichtensamstag
„#EU geht mit neuen Regeln gegen #Lebensmittel- und #Kleidungsmüll vor.
In Europa werden pro Jahr tonnenweise Lebensmittel und Kleidungsstücke weggeworfen. Neue EU-weite Vorgaben sollen helfen, die #Abfälle zu reduzieren.“
#Müll
#goodnews
Quelle: zeit.de/politik/2025-09/eu-par…
Europaparlament: EU geht mit neuen Regeln gegen Lebensmittel- und Kleidungsmüll vor
In Europa werden pro Jahr tonnenweise Lebensmittel und Kleidungsstücke weggeworfen. Neue EU-weite Vorgaben sollen helfen, die Abfälle zu reduzieren.Hannah Prasuhn (DIE ZEIT)
Cisgiordania, esercito Israele demolisce casa palestinese
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6juslD987A4&utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Pubblicato su VIDEO @video-SkyTG24
Cisgiordania, esercito Israele demolisce casa palestinese
In Cisgiordania l'esercito israeliano ha demolito la casa di un uomo palestinese responsabile di aver compiuto un attacco contro israeliani a una fermata del...YouTube
Messico, cittadini in marcia per ricordare studenti rapiti
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OV-Z0G_qvg&utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Pubblicato su VIDEO @video-SkyTG24
Messico, cittadini in marcia per ricordare studenti rapiti
A Città del Messico migliaia di persone hanno marciato per commemorare l’11esimo anniversario della scomparsa di 43 studenti universitari. Nel 2014 più di 10...YouTube
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Nel primo decennale dall’approvazione dell’Agenda ONU 2030 (settembre 2015) diventa urgente tracciare un bilancio sugli Obiettivi di Sostenibilità indicati nella Carta, in particolare quello al punto 12.3 che prevede di dimezzare lo spreco alimentare entro il 2030. L’Italia segna un…
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Douro Verde, Northern Portugal, September 2025.
#photography #nature #naturephotography #sunset #goldenhour #goldenhourphotos #mountains #vineyards #harvestseason
Hallo @BjoernThoroe @DLDP #Kiel
in der Holtenauer Ecke Waitzstr haben irgendwelche Extremisten oder extrem Blöden euer Plakat beschmiert inklusive Fadenkreuz auf dem Gesicht von @vanaken
Vielleicht wollt ihr das zur Anzeige bringen und das Plakat austauschen.
#wahlplakat #obWahl #Oberbürgermeister #wahl #vandalismus
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元バレーボール男子五輪代表で、現在は解説などでも活躍する福澤達哉が26日までに、自身のインスタグラム(＠1tatsu5)…WALKNEWS (WALK NEWS)
I am thinking of going on Gumtree and finding someone that will wear a hockey mask and chase me. That would get me going.
What do people charge for that kind of service nowadays.
Il trasporto su strada – vale a dire l'uso di auto, veicoli a due e tre ruote, autobus e camion – svolge un ruolo importante nella transizione energetica globale. Rappresenta più di tre quarti del consumo totale di energia del settore dei trasporti ed è fortemente dipendente dai combustibili fossili
Elettrificazione dei Trasporti...
Elettrificazione dei Trasporti: Politiche Necessarie per il Futuro - Ambiente e non solo...
IRENA, l’Agenzia internazionale per le energie rinnovabili, ha publbicato il report Policies for advancing the renewables-based electrification of road transport. Il trasporto su strada – […]TALLURI MARCO (Ambientenonsolo)
[alerta] Augenzeugen berichten akt. von Neonazis des 3.Weg, die in #Rostock auf Autobahnbrücken Banner mit ihren Parolen droppen.
Die Redaktion des #CompostMagazin bittet Ortsansässige dies aus sicherer Entfernung zu dokumentieren, wenn möglich, danke! ❤️
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The lead boat of the Global Sumud Flotilla was halted in Greek waters after suspected sabotage damaged its engine. Aid and crew were redistributed, and despite ongoing mechanical setbacks, organizers remain determined to sail to Gaza. With naval escorts now en route, the fleet aims to resume its journey Saturday with only a slight reduction in numbers.
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Le business des énergies fossiles, un atout clé pour l’appareil colonial et militaire israélien
Alors que l’horreur génocidaire continue de se dérouler en Palestine, les Amis de la Terre France décryptent un rouage clé de la machine de guerre israélienne : l’énergie. Outil d’oppression multiforme, elle peut devenir une cible cruciale de la lutte pour la libération de la Palestine.
Extrait :
À ce titre, il est crucial de souligner que cette situation de violence systémique qui dure depuis 1967, et qui culmine aujourd’hui dans un génocide, n’est pas uniquement le fruit d’une idéologie coloniale. Elle est également alimentée par des intérêts économiques et géostratégiques puissants, au premier rang desquels figure le contrôle des ressources énergétiques. Le commerce des énergies fossiles devient alors un vecteur de complicité pour les acteurs tiers qui, en fournissant une aide ou des moyens matériels, facilitent la commission de crimes.
Cet article fait partie d’une série (en trois parties). A lire et partager sans modération.
Lire l’article : amisdelaterre.org/business-ene…
#Israel #Palestine #Gaza #genocide #EnergiesFossiles #colonialisme #guerre #Empire
Le business des énergies fossiles, un atout clé pour l’appareil colonial et militaire israélien
Alors que l’horreur génocidaire continue de se dérouler en Palestine, les Amis de la Terre France décryptent un rouage clé de la machine de guerre israélienne : l’énergie.www.amisdelaterre.org
An alle #Utopie Roman #autoren
Die Welt ist grad so am Abdunkeln, wir brauchen mehr hoffnungsvolle Visionen und Licht!
Warnungen u. Analysen sind wichtig, aber noch wichtiger sind gute Visionen für Alternativen zum Alptraum und auch Erfolgsgeschichten von guten Projekten, Menschen, Gruppen.
Damit wir uns Ziele vortellen können, auf die man nach Widerstand gegen Unterdrückung, #Kapitalismus und #Faschismus zulaufen kann.
Haut in die Tasten!
Werft Geschichten raus!
Macht Licht an!
Fragmented
I already said this elsewhere, but writing this week's Skill Issue is exceptionally difficult. I have some very particular feelings about what's happening...Skill Issue
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The Gaza Precedent: How the World's Response Will Shape Global Justice - Politics For The People
This struggle is not solely for the sake of Gaza; it is for the very soul of humanity. Should Netanyahu's actions succeed in normalizing genocide in the 21st century, this horrific crime could become a sanctioned political strategy for tyrants and re…admin (Politics For The People)
Der Hamburger Senat hat den 31. Mai 2026 als Termin für das Referendum zur Bewerbung für die Olympischen Spiele festgelegt. Noch im November sind Werbeveranstaltungen wohl auf bezirklicher Ebene geplant, wo über die Planungen des Senats informiert w
fairspielen.de/2025/09/27/argu…
#DOSB #Hamburg #IOC #Nolympia #Olympia
#SchiffSamstag #SchiffsSamstag
Learning The Ropes -PhD Level
#shipsaturday #photo #photography #ship #ships #potd #alttext #travel #travelphotography #photooftheday #shipsofmastodon #maritime #nautical #water #sea #water #ocean #bnw #usa #blackandwhite #history #historic #blackandwhitephotography #us #socal #california #sailing #people #training
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A imagem é uma captura de tela de uma transmissão ao vivo de uma conferência das Nações Unidas. No centro, um homem de terno e gravata vermelha está falando em um púlpito com o emblema das Nações Unidas. No canto superior direito, há uma imagem de duas crianças em Khan Younis, Gaza, uma sentada e outra deitada, com uma adulta ao lado. No canto inferior direito, há uma imagem de Gaza, mostrando uma área urbana com mar ao fundo. A imagem transmite uma situação de crise humanitária em Gaza, com a transmissão ao vivo indicando a gravidade da situação.
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A imagem mostra uma tela de televisão com uma transmissão ao vivo da ONU. No lado esquerdo, um homem de terno azul e gravata vermelha está falando em um púlpito com o emblema da ONU. No lado direito, há duas imagens menores. A imagem superior mostra uma pessoa ferida em Khan Younis, Gaza, com ferimentos visíveis na cabeça. A imagem inferior mostra uma vista aérea de Gaza, com destaque para áreas destruídas e pessoas. As legendas indicam "LIVE UNITED NATIONS" e "KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA" e "GAZA LIVE".
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A imagem mostra uma tela de televisão exibindo uma cobertura de notícias. No lado esquerdo, há uma cena da Assembleia Geral das Nações Unidas, onde Benjamin Netanyahu, o Primeiro-Ministro de Israel, está começando a fazer seu discurso. Muitos delegados estão se retirando, conforme indicado pelo texto na tela. No lado direito, há duas imagens: uma mostra dois crianças em Gaza, uma com uma cura na testa, e outra imagem mostra uma área de Gaza com pessoas e veículos, indicando uma situação de emergência. O texto na parte inferior da tela informa que Netanyahu está começando seu discurso e que muitos delegados estão se retirando. A fonte da notícia é Al Jazeera, e há uma menção a um navio coreano que cruzou uma fronteira marítima disputada.
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A imagem é uma captura de tela de uma transmissão ao vivo da Al Jazeera, mostrando o Primeiro-Ministro israelense Benjamin Netanyahu falando no pódio da Assembleia Geral das Nações Unidas. Ele está vestido com um terno azul escuro, camisa branca e gravata vermelha, e está em um fundo verde. No canto superior direito, há duas imagens: uma de uma criança chorando em Khan Younis, Gaza, e outra de uma área densamente povoada em Gaza. A legenda na tela informa que muitos delegados saíram enquanto Netanyahu começa seu discurso. Na parte inferior, há uma barra de texto que diz: "MANY DELEGATES WALK OUT AS ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU BEGINS DELIVERING HIS SPEECH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY." Também há uma referência ao Presidente dos EUA, Donald Trump, que disse que "não permitirá" que Israel anexe territórios.
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Btrfs Brings BS Greater Than PS For Linux 6.18, Better Parallelism For Read-Heavy Workloads
Among the early pull requests submitted already to Linus Torvalds in advance of the Linux 6.18 merge window opening soon is the Btrfs file-system updates. Btrfs for Linux 6.18 has a few items worth calling out but no major features this cycle...
phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.18-B…
Ho palline da tennis spompate che si accumulano anno dopo anno. Ho provato a darle via aggratis a chi volesse giocarci col cane o per fare pratica, ma gnente, non vanno.
Oggi ho scoperto che sia Decathlon, sia Tennis Point collaborano con questi raccoglitori e riciclatori di palline. Bene, so cosa fare.
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Linux 6.18 sched_ext Preps For Cgroup Sub-Scheduler Support
The sched_ext scheduler framework that allows creating kernel thread schedulers via BPF programs is ready with some updates for the Linux 6.18 kernel...
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Riprendiamo dal sito vita.it/ questa intervista di Gilda Sciortino a un nostro carissimo compagno Nello zaino ha messo lo stretto indispensabile e a 77 anni si è imbarcato sulla Lady J. alla volta di Gaza. La barca si unirà alle…
Redazione Palermo
A 77 anni con la Global Sumud Flotilla
Riprendiamo dal sito https://www.vita.it/ questa intervista di Gilda Sciortino a un nostro carissimo compagno Nello zaino ha messo lo strettoRedazione Palermo (Pressenza)
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Via #BBC - Sept 26, 2025
#ReformUK's former leader in #Wales, #NathanGill, 52, has admitted taking #bribes to make statements in favour of #Russia while being a Member of the #EuropeanParliament.
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The politician took money from #OlegVoloshyn - once described by the US government as a "pawn" of #Russian secret services - and made speeches in the parliament, statements to a TV channel and arranged an event with a pro-Russian politician.
bbc.com/news/articles/cj6xwy01…
Reform UK's ex-Wales leader Nathan Gill admits pro-Russia bribery
Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.David Deans (BBC News)
The elites don't need you.
All the infrastructure has been built and the globalists will soon have robots.
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Log house for sale, buyer must arrange transport. Some stability issues.
If the roof was removed only recently, many of these beams will still be good and it used to be normal to construct or repair other buildings with recycled logs from previous ones.
We're looking for some (old house) logs ourselves, but cannot do a deal where we have to disassemble and remove a whole house for obvious reasons.
![An old log house. The roof panels have been removed. The walls still stand, but one window frame is collapsing due to a broken or slipped vertical beam that held the logs in alignment. The wall section is bowed out and barely held together with some beams and cargo straps, making it an extra risky deconstruction.
[Photo from a Skelbiu ad]](https://poliverso.org/photo/preview/640/60286080 "An old log house. The roof panels have been removed. The walls still stand, but one window frame is collapsing due to a broken or slipped vertical beam that held the logs in alignment. The wall section is bowed out and barely held together with some beams and cargo straps, making it an extra risky deconstruction.
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One photo per day from my archive. Completely random in subject, time, location. Photos that make me happy. And hopefully you too 😊
Marjans photo #238
#photography #nature #landscape #sunset
winterliche Kuschelzeit....
#dogs #MastodonDogs
#dogsofmastodon #hunde #hunderunde
#cats #catsofmastodon
#katzen #Cat
#AKW
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Safety fears as external power to Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant still out after three days
Ukrainian officials among those concerned Russia is manufacturing crisis to keep hold of frontline plantDan Sabbagh (The Guardian)
What is a government shutdown and why is this year’s threat more serious?
US government will shut down on 1 October if Congress cannot reach a funding agreement. Here is what to knowLauren Gambino (The Guardian)
Democrats race to embrace swearing and angry comebacks – but will it work?
Democrats are abandoning their careful messaging in favor of gut-level rhetoric that’s unapologetically more profane as the party faces an authenticity problemLauren Gambino (The Guardian)
contrapunctus ✊🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇸
in reply to contrapunctus ✊🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇸 • • •Pushing free software/data and decentralized platforms, and boycotting proprietary software/data and centralized platforms, is not a “philosophical” matter. Or even an “ethical” one. And it’s not opposed to “pragmatism”.
To choose proprietary software/data and centralized platforms is to choose to get backstabbed and exploited. It’s inevitable. History has proven it time and time again.
Free software, free data, and decentralized platforms are the ONLY sane and pragmatic choice.
Proprietary software/data and centralized services are a trap. Have you taken the bait? And are you encouraging others (through network effect) to do the same? 👀
Archie
in reply to contrapunctus ✊🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇸 • • •Just because the question popped up reading your post: Do you know of a FOSS alternative to Telegram/Signal?
@contrapunctus
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in reply to Archie • • •@archipherous I use #XMPP as my sole means of communication (public channels, private groups, private messages, and calls), and consider it to have better foundations than #Signal, #Telegram, and the rest.
For most people, I recommend #Quicksy or #Prāv, which use phone numbers for easy onboarding.
More privacy-conscious people can choose clients and servers which don’t require phone numbers. Technical people can self-host private servers using #Snikket, or use paid hosting.
I’ve written a guide for new XMPP users here - contrapunctus.codeberg.page/th…
The Quick and Easy Guide to Jabber/XMPP
contrapunctus.codeberg.pagePirate Praveen
in reply to contrapunctus ✊🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇸 • • •Pirate Praveen
in reply to Pirate Praveen • • •Pirate Praveen
in reply to Pirate Praveen • • •Rokosun
in reply to Pirate Praveen • • •Yes for messengers I have both proprietary and FOSS ones installed, some things are harder to change. Moving to Linux or other FOSS programs never felt this hard because it was an individual choice rather than something we collectively need to change.